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Wednesday, November 05, 2014

GK was matter-of-fact as he shared the news. Stoic as
ever. I tried staying on somewhat even
keel remembering the story of the Buddha and the mustard seed. And the story of
Yudhishthir at the gates of heaven, what is the greatest lie man hides from
himself. So be it.

So many memories. GK had helped Baba with the great
subcontinental move, and setting up house. I still remember being taken for a
dekko to Qutub Minar and the Red Fort after that historic class 4 visit, the
rest of the home visitors had left and I was still taken there in regal style. So
many times we’d be asked to visit them in their grand DK quarters, but that
never happened, don’t know why. That hospital visit in 2010 when Baba was ill
and all of us knew he wasn’t getting any better, that very real shock at the
end. He has been a bulwark. Part of my already-crumbling
support system. And now this. The least one can do is stay somewhat as stoic.